I was walking back from the MRT around 10pm after work when two police officers stopped me and asked to check my IC. I complied since I know IC checks are normal in Malaysia.
But after that, the situation felt very unusual.
They started asking why I was out so late, so I explained I had just finished work at 9pm and was heading home like everyone else.
Then one of them asked if I’m gay, which completely caught me off guard. I just said no.
After that, they asked if I had any porn videos on my phone, and one of them tried to look through my gallery. I did not consent to that and told them I wasn’t comfortable with it.
I then asked for their names and badge numbers, and suddenly they said I was being “ego” and just walked off without giving any explanation.
I understand police are supposed to do checks and maintain public safety, but this felt very far from that purpose and honestly quite inappropriate.
Has anyone experienced something like this before? And if this isn’t proper procedure, what’s the correct way to report it in Malaysia?
are they wearing police uniform?
you would do every good hearted people a huge favor if you can make a report at a police station and make it an investigation. Request to check cctv around that area etc. But at the same time, i’m concerned that the entire process will make it very difficult for you, if the police you are reporting ends up mocking you or being corrupted too.
They are trying to find something to extort you with. If they saw any NSFW photo, even if it’s your own, they will scare and try to get money from you. It happened to my friend. They asked for 5k
Malaysian police not for human touch 1
Friendly reminder: Only police with rank of inspector and above can check your phone…
According to Section 116B CPC, any officer with the rank of inspector or higher is only permitted to access mobile or other digital devices subject to a legal search as part of an ongoing investigation whereby the police have reasonable cause to believe that an offence has been or is being commited. Sections 247 and 248 CMA also require the search and seizure of the digital device to be conducted in connection with an ongoing investigation, having reasonable cause to believe that an offence has been commited.
Very common. Back in college my Indian friend would also get stopped all the time and asked if he had been drinking/was in gangs. Would often try to extort him as well.
This is what happens when you hire bottom of the barrel dumbass B40s.
Name and shame the officers.
Yes happened to me too, I was driving alone my car then they stopped me. Ask for passport because I’m not local. Then they also took my phone went to Whatsapp and looks for something indecent. Then they went to “photos gallery” also looked for something indecent. They also ask if I’m using drugs and checked all the inside of car. They extort money, I never trust policemen here, crap piece of shit
Is it actually a crime to have nsfw images on our own phones and to be gay though?
Sounds like they were cops on the beat who were bored and horny - just looking for someone to violate rectally.
Yes I have… Got checked when I was exiting a bank, twice while I was walking home from my car park, once when I was sitting in my car replying messages, once when I was at the petrol station parking lot waiting for my parents to use the washroom, once when my car stalled at a traffic light and got pulled over because of that, around 10 times in the usual roadblocks… And all those encounters, they treated me like I’m a fucking criminal… Ask to check my car, check my body, check my phone… Etc.. they’re actual criminals out there and they keep targeting me… Fuck those police..
I do not think it is allowed in your situation. This is what I understand without law background:
The police are allowed to check your phone
-But they cannot do so without a valid reasonable cause.
-If they do check your phone, they must suspect that you have done
-something illegal, or you are being investigated for a crime, or you
-have been arrested on suspicion of committing a crime.
Source (page 8): https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/cms/upload_files/document/Red%20Book%20%E2%80%94%20The%20Police%20and%20Your%20Basic%20Rights%20(English).pdf
Extra: https://www.kevinwuassociates.com/post/knowing-your-rights-can-the-police-check-your-phone
*** If you have corn and intend to keep it to view it on your phone. Save it on end-to-end encryption cloud storage, always logout after use. Never save a copy in your phone.
*** Best if you can consult a real law practitioner
Supposedly, only police officer with the rank of Inspector that is allowed to check the content of your phone. But it cant be done at the roadside or outside, only in closed off area. Same rules applied to body check.
But well, this is Malaysia where all the new guys in the police force was just a bunch of problematic, idiots kids while in schools and also rempits that actually have no future in the outside world. But our police force recruiting requirement is sooo lax that all that idiots managed to get in the police force & they brings all that dumbness and stupidity into the force. Sometimes they dont even know their own police laws.
Seems like fake cops, and if I have to guess, they were trying to do shifty things on your phone, like transfer money from your TNG or whatever cash aps you have. If I were you I’d check if any of my money from my accounts are missing
